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Field Report of Parish Superintendent. f
To the Board of School Directors of the t
Parish of Grant: d
Gentlemen:-As the. law directs. I 1
make this my field report for the quart- n
er.ending December 31, 1912. n
During the past quarter all of the i
white schools of the parish, forty, have b
b .,n in session, with the exception of t
Wi~low Grove. which school you had t
planned to open about the first Monday a
in January, 1913. a
This has required a teaching force of
eighty teachers, 27 men and 53 women, t
about all of whom seem to be trying to 3
do what they can for the best educa- s
tional interest of their respective com- t
munities.
In these schools we have had enrolled
1436 boys, and 1415 girls, making a to
tal enrollment of 2851 children in all of
the schools of the parish during the
past quarter, which shows that about
500 children, if the enumeration is c3r
rect, were not enrolled in the schools c
during the quarter, which proves that
something will have to be done to stim
ulate the people to send their children
to school.
In some communities it seem that all
of the children of school age are in
school, yet we find in others they are
not.
With the exception of a few commu
nities the attendance has been fairly
good, which lack of attendance in a
large measure has been due to farm
wcrk and some sickness.
Three colored schools, two unexpired
term.s in ward one and one in ward five:
have been in session with a teaching
force of three teachers, with about the
usual interest as heretofore.
We have held four district meetings
for teachers, and one joint meeting, all
of which were very well attended. As a
general thing good interest was shown
by all teachers who attended.
About all of the teachers have sup
plied themselves with the professional
reading course as prescribed by the
State Department, which proves they
are trying to improve themselves pro
fessionally.
The school house that you authorized
to be built at your last meeting at or
near where the former house stood near
Phillip's station, has been completed
and paid for with the exception of some
of the material, and the Eureka school
building was nearing completion at the
last report and will be ready for occu
pancy as soon as it is painted.
Repairs and equiping have been in
progress during the quarter, and the
chemical laboratory for the high school
department at Georgetown has been
added, and, as far as we know, all of
the requirments are being met at that
place to have that school placed on the
approved high school list at the close
of this session.
We have more high school people at
tending the schools of the parish than
ever before, as far as we have any re
cord, which facts shows that there is
an increased interest manifested in ed
ucation by the older boys and girls than
has been in the past, and in my mind is
an index to what we may expect in the
near future.
With one exception, I have visited all
of the white schools of the parish once,
and some of them twice during the
quarter, and found most of them in
fairly good working order.
As best I can tell there is but little
contention or strife in any section of
the parish, which augurs well for the
cause of education throughout the
As a ew school board, we wish to
congratulate you in coming into office
at a time when the educational affairs
of the parish a re in such excellent con
dition.
For the past three years we have been
able to make a report to the Depart
mentof Education of an average school
term of 8 months of all of the white
schools of thea parish without having to
go in debt or to borrow a penny with
which to operate the schoole or to
build, repai.r or equip school buildings,
but, to the contrary, always having a
cash balance of several thousand in the
banks drawing interest on daily bal
ances. In other words, we have had a
kind of a'ccumulative school fund, which
in a larp;e measure has been due to the
careful and economical management of
the sclhool fnances.
We shall not fair at this time, how
ever, to call your attention to the fact
that our expenditures are about equal
or a little in advance of our income,
and sooner or later ways and means
will have to be devised by which the
school fund will have to be increagd or
the average school term reduced Trom
what it now is, as the natural .taxable
resources are growing less all the time
and the expenses of operating the
schools increasing.
We hope it may be your course while
in offe, and I am sure it will be, to
keep up the progressive policy of your
predecessors, the policy planned and
exeeuted by that progressive school
board appointed and commissioned by
Gov. Blanchard and followed by their
eussors, which policy has given to
ns rlsl t the best shool systems in the
- ltt, sad has bamght Grant parish in
b. te llgtight as one of the most pro
u Clq s parishes from an edneational
a* *~oItof sqa little cauntry parish
vvuxl ·~au
ficial duties, and if you decide at this
time to elect or appoint a superinten
dent whose term of office begin July f
1913, we hope that you will select the c
most capable man for the place; but, if f
necessary, sacrifice the ambition of any r
man or set of men for the place, but d
by no means sacrifice the best educa- t
tional interest of tlk children, whose t
best interest should be your desire to c
subserve at all times in the face of any t
and all opposition.
Thanking you and the citizenship of c
the parish for any courtesies and favors t
you may have shown me in the past t
and asking you for a continuation of
the same, I am,
Respectfully yours,
J. N. WARNER,
Supt. of Grant Parish.
Pollock, La., Jan. 2, 1913.
Hints for Housekeepers.
Keep Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound always on hand, and you can
quickly head off a cold by its prompt
use. It contains no opiates, heals and
soothes the inflated air passages, stops
the cough, and may save a big doctor's
bill. In the yellow package. J. W.
Duncan Co., Ltd.-Adv.
A Correction of Some Errors
Montgomery, La., Jan. 12, 1913.
Editor Co(fax Chronicle:
In looking over the Chronicle I found
two or three errors that under the ex
isting circumstances would do me harm.
The first is of but little importance, and
is where you give 98 corn demonstra
tors as cultivatirg 574 acr.s, when it
should read that the 98 demonstrators
cultivated 674 acres. The second error
is where L. B. Woods, of Verda, is
given, when is should be R. B. Woods,
of Verda. The third is where E. H.
Hosner, of Colfax, is given, when Mr.
Hosner has never been one of my dem
onstrators. It should read E. H. Hol
land. He lives on the LaCroix place,
on the road leading to the hills north of
Colfax. He had three acres of fresh
land, and was one of Sam Johnson's
best men in 1911, at Aloha.
It is my duty to report good work, re
gardless of whether it is done by a
renter or owner of land. As there
seem to be some parties hunting for
gounds to condem me and our gover
ment intesive methods of farming, I
especially ask you to correct the errors
referred to.
I was glad to see that you published
some of our best demonstrators. There
were many others very nearly as good
as those you published, but the State
agent only publishes a few of the best,
while I have a list of a great many
more. Thanking yob for your interest
in the matter, I reniain, yours truly,
B. E. WOODS.
A Sick Man
Writs Dr. Hart
man About
Kidney
Disease.
A en tleman
writes me: "I
was greatly In
terested in your
urtlele describ
ing the Kauff
man case of
serious disease
of the kidneys
jhe description
of his case ex
actly outlines
my condition. I
am sure if Pe
1 . LH b, runa cured him
as you say, It
would cure me also. I am los
Ing flesh rapidly and the doctors say
I have every symptom of Bright's
disease of the kidneys If you think
I would be benefited by Peruna I will
certainly try some as the doctors have
practically given me upb the same uas
they did him."
In reply I wish to say, rst, that I
never make any promises uas to what
Peruna will o9ure. No phystclan can
makeim positive statements of that sort.
SI can say this much, however, if I
were in your place I should certainly
give Perana a trial. I know of no
Sother remedy that would be so likely
to be of use to you it your present
ondlUtioan as P~rns. Take a table
spooanful before each meal and at bed
time Continue this for two or three
weeks and then if there Is anything
Sya wish to ask me further write me
and I will ive your letter prompt at
tastion.
If I find that the Peruna is not
h helpgh you I will be perfectly frank
and tell you so, for I would not have
you take Perunl ulnles it was really
helping you. But it has rescued so
t.any cases of kidney disease that I
am quite confident you will finad it ex
t actly suited to your caa
ldney disease begins with catarrh
I the kidners. Peruna Is a catarrh
I, remedy. Unless the destruction of the
Skidneys is already too great Peruna
reiev the catarrh and the cause of
the kLdner disease to removed.
SI shall anxiouasly await a report of
n your case. Remember, all letters are
Ssaredly onfadentiaL never use any
one's name or address without his
wrltten cnsent MI correspondence
e Is abolutely private. PUERUNA IS
FOR SALE AT ALL DRUG STORES.
UIeut WorCe-M-nt personis
e are making inuiries for the old
Stime Peruns. To such would say.
this formals is now aut out under the
of AL-TAhR-NO, maundctured
r A-TR-NO C~empan Columbus
d. Write them sad they will tbe
l peased to seda yeu a tre booklet.
Y Ask your Drtwtgst for Fr.e Peru
n a Almanac for 1913
e Netle
. To the ~ is ,t ,wrd ore, Grcnt par
isA, La.
An election will be held in this ward
i on Saturdaf pb~m~k 15, 1918 or the
b purpose of S.c wp ether or not
the eole ar in of is adoption
y ~th jO .a jury of sam cdinanee pro
d the ward. S CAERON,
SClrk of Poll.. Jury.
His Stomach Troubles Ovt.
Mr. Dyspeptic, would you not like to
feel that your stomach troubles were M
over, that you could eat any kind of h(
food you desired without injury? That bi
may seem so unlikely to you that you a
do not even hope for an ending of your he
trouble, but permit us to assare yonu ki
that it is not altogeteer impossible. If al
others can be cured permanently, and fc
thousands have been, why not you? J. sc
R. Barker, of Battle Creek; Mich., is t3
one of them. He says, "I was troubl- in
ed with heortburn, sndigestion, and liv- ne
er complaint until I used Chamberlain's T
Tablets, then my trouble was over." -
Sold by all dealers. -Adv.
Sheriff Sale.
Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Par
ish of Grant, Louisiana.
W. J. Swor vs. J. R. Gross.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue -
of a writ of seizure and sale issued out
of the Hon. 13th Judicial District Court,
Grant Parish, Louisiana, in the above
entitled suit and to me directed, I have
seized and will offer for sale at the
principal front door of the court house
in the town of Colfax, La., between
the hours prescribed by law, on
SATURDAY. JAN. 25, 1913,
the following described property, seized
as the property of the defendant, to
wit:
A certain tract of land described as
beginning 64 yards west of the south
east corner of northeast quarter of the S
northeast quarter of section 9, township
8 north, range 4 west, Louisiana Merid- -
ian, running west to the southwest cor
ner of said forty, thence north 178
yards, thence east to within 10 yards of
the east line of said quarter, thence to
south to the point of starting, compris
ing 15 acres more or less, together with
all of the buildings and improvements '
thereon.
Terms of sale, cash, subject to ap
praisement.
This December 20. 1912.
A. B. PERKINS,
Sheriff of Grant Parish.
Bankrupt Sale.
In the matter of Clinton Mercantile
Company, Bankrupt.
No. 849 in Bankruptcy.
In the United States District Court for
the Western District of Louisiana.
By virtue of an order of Hon. George
S. Taylor, Referee in Bankruptcy, to
me directed in the above entitled mat
ter, I will offer for sale at the principal
front door of the court house in the
town of Colfax, La.. at 12 o'clock, noon,
on
SATURDAY, Feb. 1, 1913,
tne following real estate of said bank
rupt, to-wit:
The south half of the northeast quar
I ter, the north half of the southeast
quarter, and southwest quarter of the
southeast quarter of section 21, town
ship 6 north, range 2 east, La. Meridian.
Terms of sale, cash for not less than
t three-fourths of its apprailed value.
H. M. BRENNAN,
Trustee.
Constable Sale.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Grant,
Sixth Justice Court.
Henry Rose Mercantile Manufacturing
Company, Limited vs. V.
Moreau & Son.
By virtue of a writ of fieri facias, is
sued out of the Sixth Justice Court of
the parish of Grant, La., and to me di
rected in the above and entitled suit, I
have seized and will offer for sale at
the store of V. Moreau & Son, at Aloha,
ward six, Grant parish, La., on
SATURDAY, JAN. 18, 1913,
the following described property seized
as the property of the defendants, to
wit:
One lot of dry goods.
One lot of groceries.
One lot of medicines.
One show case and contents.
Terms of sale, cash with the benefit
appraisement as per inventory on file.
J. W. FLETCHER,
Constable of ward six.
W. C. & J. B. Roberts,
AfttorneUs and GounS61iors
fit-Law,
Will prctihe In Xtate and United
Xta tea Courts.
NO)'UAlY IN OFFICE
Officts at fliexandria and Goltfax, Louisiana.
JoHN A. WILLIAMS,
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